A CASE OF PNEMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS OF THE SIGMOID COLON

Abstract

We report a rare case of Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) of the sigmoid colon. A 68-year-old man visited our hospital because of mutinous bloody stools. A plain abdominal X-ray film findings showed a honey comb like shadow. Barium enema demonstrated multiple palypoid lesions in the sigmoid colon. Endscopic examination revealed partly reddish submucosal tumors of varying sizes in the same location. He had no therapy and the course is observed.